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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN Be it known that I, J. S. GRANT, of Sidney Centre, inthe county of Kennebeck, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spring-Bed Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, .forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of a bedstead illustrating my improved bed-bottom.

Figure 2'is a top view of a portion ofthe same. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish animproved spring-bed bottom, simple, effective, and reliable in construction, and which can be so adjusted as to form a spring bolster or elevated baclesupport for an invalid. And it consists in the combination of the coiled wire springs or their equivalent, and hooks or supports with the side and end rails ofthe b edstead and with the ends of the cross slats, and in the combination ofthe adjustable supports with the said springs, the whole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.V Y 4 ,N 'i

A are the posts, B are the side rails, and C are the end rails of the .bcdstead,' VYabout the construction of which parts there is nothing new; D are hooks or supports, which may be inadc of iron ory other suitable material, which are attached 'to the side rails B of thc bedstead, at suitabledistanccs apart. In case the bed-bottoni is attached to an ordinary cord bedstea-d the supports D may be inserted in the holes formed for the cord. E is a wire, having coils e formed upon it between the supports or hooks D, at such distances apart as to give the necessary play to the said wires through the lsaid hooks or supports D. lhe ends ofthe wires E are secured to the hooks or supports D, attached to the end rails C by means of short cords or chains, ot' such a length as to allow the slack ofthe wire springs tobe taken up. F are the cross slats, the cndsot' which rest upon the coiled springs e', between the hooks or supports D, and may be secured in place by being tied with small cords, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. If desired, the' upper or head slat may be raised to forni a bolster by attaching the upper or head ends ofthe wires E to supports D attached to the postsA, as shown in figs. l and 2. To form a spring support for an invalids back while sitting up in bed, the ends of the springs E may be secured to the upper parts of the posts at any desired elevation. G are adjustable supports, to which the wires E, between the first and second slats at the head of the bed-bottom, may be attached. The supports G are slotted, and are secured to the side rails B by bolts and thumb-nuts, as shown in iig. 2, so that they may be raised or lowered as desired,'to adjust the position of the head slat at any desired elevaticm.` It shouldI be observed that this device may be used for settees, lounges, wagon-scat springs, or cushion-supports, with 'the same advantage as for bed-bottoms., It should also be observed tliatlthe coiled wire springs E may, if desired, be replaced by l rubber springs, or by springs made of' any suitable elastic material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the coiled wire springs E, or their equivalent, the hooks or supports D, with each other, with the side and end rails B and C, and with the' ends of the cross slats F of the bcdstead, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

2. Thecombination of the adjustable supports G with the springs E and side rails B oi' the bcdstead, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth,

J. S. GRANT.

Witnesses Guss. H. BLAIsnnLL, Wn. H. WHEELER. 

